System and method for providing a descriptor for a location to a recipient
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1. A method of providing a descriptor of a location to a recipient, the method comprising:
- receiving location data for a location of a user;
identifying one or more regions near or including the location using the location data, wherein each region is associated with a descriptor;
providing for the user to select one of the one or more regions, the selection indicating a recipient'"'"'s interaction with the selected region including indicating whether the user has shared with or received from the recipient the descriptor associated with the selected region; and
providing the descriptor associated with the selected region to the recipient, wherein at least one of the preceding actions is performed on at least one electronic hardware component.
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Abstract
A method for providing a descriptor of a location to a recipient includes receiving location data of the location from a user and using the location data to identify one or more regions near or including the location. Each region is associated with a descriptor. The recipient'"'"'s interaction with each of the regions is indicated and it is provided for at least one region to be selected based on the recipient'"'"'s interaction with the selected region. The descriptor associated with the selected region is provided to the recipient.
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30 Claims
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1. A method of providing a descriptor of a location to a recipient, the method comprising:
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receiving location data for a location of a user; identifying one or more regions near or including the location using the location data, wherein each region is associated with a descriptor; providing for the user to select one of the one or more regions, the selection indicating a recipient'"'"'s interaction with the selected region including indicating whether the user has shared with or received from the recipient the descriptor associated with the selected region; and providing the descriptor associated with the selected region to the recipient, wherein at least one of the preceding actions is performed on at least one electronic hardware component. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for providing a descriptor of a location to a recipient, the system comprising system components including:
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a data store for storing region information correlated with location data, wherein the region information includes a user-specified descriptor associated with each of a plurality of regions, and for storing recipient data relating to the region information; and a descriptor sharing module coupled to the data store, the descriptor sharing module configured to receive a request from a user to provide a descriptor for a location, wherein the request includes location data of the location, to use the location data of the location to identify one or more regions near or including the location based on the region information, to indicate a recipient'"'"'s interaction with each identified region based on the recipient data including indicating whether the user has shared with or received from the recipient the descriptor associated with the selected region, to provide for a user to select one of the one or more regions based on the indication of the recipient'"'"'s interaction with the region, and to provide the descriptor associated with the selected region to the recipient, wherein at least one of the system components includes at least one electronic hardware component. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An electronic communication device associated with a user for providing a descriptor of a location to a recipient, the device comprising:
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a communication interface coupled to a network; a data store for storing region information correlated with location data, wherein the region information includes a user-specified descriptor associated with each of a plurality of regions, and for storing recipient data relating to the region information; and a descriptor sharing module configured to receive location data of a location, to identify one or more regions near or including the location based on the region information, to indicate a recipient'"'"'s interaction with each identified region based on the recipient data including indicating whether the user has shared with or received from the recipient the descriptor associated with the selected region, to provide for a user to select a region based on the indication of the recipient'"'"'s interaction with the selected region, and to provide the descriptor associated with the selected region to the recipient via the communication interface. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A server for providing a descriptor of a location to a recipient, the server comprising:
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a communication interface for communicating with an electronic communication device associated with a user and with a data store for storing region information correlated with location data, wherein the region information includes a user-specified descriptor associated with each of a plurality of regions, and for storing recipient data relating to the region information; and a descriptor sharing module configured to receive location data of a location and a recipient identifier from the electronic communication device, to identify one or more regions near or including the location based on the region information, to indicate a recipient'"'"'s interaction with each identified region based on the recipient data, to provide for a user to select at least one region based on the indicated recipient'"'"'s interaction with the selected region including indicating whether the user has shared with or received from the recipient the descriptor associated with the selected region, and to provide the descriptor associated with the selected region to one of the mobile communication device via the communication interface and the recipient associated with the recipient identifier. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing programming instructions for providing a descriptor of a location to a recipient, the program instructions for performing a method comprising:
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receiving geographical position data of a location from a user of a device; identifying one or more regions near or including the location using the geographical position data, wherein each region is associated with a descriptor; providing for the user to select one of the one or more regions, the selection indicating a recipient'"'"'s interaction with the selected region including indicating whether the user has shared with or received from the recipient the descriptor associated with the selected region; and providing the descriptor associated with the selected region to the recipient.
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